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Definition of Herrings
1. herring [n] - See also: herring
Lexicographical Neighbors of Herrings
Literary usage of Herrings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1862)
"The quality of the Danish and Baltic herrings is inferior to the Moray Firth ...
The Yarmouth herrings are inferior in some respects to those of the north ..."
2. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1848)
"From May to July, before lamb becomes plentiful, herrings are considered the
greatest luxury throughout the manufacturing districts of Lancashire. ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1856)
"Tho great distance prevents, likewise, dealers from inspecting the herrings on
the spot here, who therefore make their purchases solely on their trust in ..."
4. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"herrings AND SPRATS. To smoke herrings. Clean, and lay them in salt and a ...
Fried herrings. Serve them of a light brown, with onions sliced and fried ..."
5. Nature by Norman Lockyer, Nature Publishing Group (1875)
"The most contradictory accounts of the time at which herrings spawn have been
published by various inquirers. Much of this confusion results, no doubt, ..."
6. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, James Edwin Thorold Rogers (1869)
"The herrings caught and cured at sea, are called sea sticks. In order to render
them what are called merchantable herrings, it is necessary to repack them ..."
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